TIENMINUTENGESPREK

logline

When mother Marit wants to discuss the behavior of her son during a parent-teacher conference, teacher Yvonne can’t repress her pent-up feelings anymore. A murderous comedy with finger paint.

synopsis

Mother Marit thinks that there is not enough room for the male energy of her son in primary school. Teacher Yvonne tries to remain professional, but after the umpteenth accusation she no longer knows how to control her own pent-up feelings. A murderous comedy with finger paint.

Credits

original title
TIENMINUTENGESPREK

international title
SCHOOL’S OUT

Director
Jamille van Wijngaarden

Country/Countries
Netherlands

Year
2019

Duration
11 min

screenplay
Renske de Greef

director of photography
Tom Bakker

sound
Randall W. Macdonald

music
Arend Bruijn, Hans Nieuwenhuijsen

editing
Fatih Tura

producer
Rianne Poodt, Guusje van Deuren

production company
The Rogues

actor/s
Raymonde de Kuyper Randy Fokke Sieger Sloot Renske de Greef

contact

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vita

Jamille van Wijngaarden

Jamille van Wijngaarden is a film director from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. During her years at the Film Academy of Amsterdam her short film ‘Snow White’ won the award at the Prix Europe Festival in Berlin in the category ‘Languages through Lenses’ in 2012. She graduated with her short film ‘Happily Never After’, a humorous crime story in a fairy tale village. Her commercial for Polaroid achieved the shortlist of The Young Directors Award in Cannes in 2015. After graduating she was asked by the Film Academy to direct a short film showcasing what the various fields of studies are all about. This film, called ‘The Wild Wild West’, is a humorous adventure film taking the viewer on a journey through the Dutch Film Academy and the world of cinema. At the end of 2016 she co-directed the surreal tragicomedy in Virtual Reality called ‘Ashes to Ashes’. This film was nominated for the Golden Calf Award (The Dutch version of the Academy Award). The film won the Dutch VR Award in 2017 and is now being screened around the world at many international film festivals, such as Berlinale and Cannes. After that she directed a few series based on satirical comedy, like 'Infantilio' and 'Hehobros'. She wrote and directed the short animation film ‘Catastrophe’ and has been screened in all Dutch Pathé Cinemas as an opening film of ‘Spider-man: Homecoming’. 'Catastrophe' has celebrated its International Premiere in Toronto during TIFF in 2017 and is still traveling around the world. With her latest comedy short 'Tienminutengesprek' (English title: School's Out) Jamille won the DirectorsNL award for best director of 2018 in the category short film. At the moment Jamille is working on a Dutch TV-film.